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roboman
9mo ago
Please site the relevant sections of this supposed law you claim exists.
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roboman
3y ago
Do you measure WiFi 7 for packet loss? UniFi might be better but I stand by my advice and still suggest 802.11AC or AX for consumer grade router.
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roboman
3y ago
I've worked as an engineer in the Wi-Fi industry. Here's my advice: stay at least one or, even better, two generations behind the current Wi-Fi standards. Vendors care about only two things: (1) Cost (2) the Gbps they can print
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roboman
3y ago
Apple can be a very insular; just license the technology!
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roboman
3y ago
"(I personally don't mind coding boilerplate stuff, especially since I can learn how the framework works that way)" ^ Isn't that what folks used to say about programming in assembler? How much time do I want to spend le
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roboman
3y ago
The article has this: "Charging your phone with a higher wattage USB-C charger, those above 20 watts, may also make the devices toasty. " Total BS. The wattage of the charger is not causing this issue. Even a 300 Watt PD 3.0 US
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roboman
3y ago
The article quotes Jake Williams as a former NSA hacker. He seems pretty flippant that this occured and how good Microsoft did. Is he impressed with Microsft's key rotation policy? The key was stolen years ago and was just recently us
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roboman
3y ago
^ agree! What an easy mitigation this would have been.
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roboman
3y ago
yeah, I heard that electric and modern vehicles don't need software or good engineers anymore.... Ford is going old school.
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roboman
3y ago
I worked on forward error correcting codes for a variety of systems. A few big issues with Turbo codes: 1. Decoder complexity - often 4x or more the complexity of simpler codes. 2. Encoder delay- you need to have a really long interleaver a
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roboman
4y ago
All the money and talent devoted to these AR glasses should be spent on a Siri 2.0 project using the latest large language models like GPT-4. Apple put neural network processors on its phone for a few years now but I don't see them tak
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roboman
6y ago
I use the FakeSpot extension for the Brave browser. Works with any Chrome based browser. Uses AI to analyze reviews as well as the reviewers other reviews. Then it gives a letter grade from A to F that rates the trustworthiness of the rev
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roboman
6y ago
Does anyone know of a good comparison between FF and Brave regarding both security and privacy?
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roboman
7y ago
I think OpenBSD is still more secure than FreeBSD
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roboman
7y ago
“You can’t get a degree in how to fly to the moon,” says Dana Densmore, who joined the lab in 1965 and became a control supervi-sor for the lunar-lander software. “You had to get people who know how to think, who are creative and
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roboman
7y ago
Do yourself a favor: head to a newsstand or Starbucks and buy a copy of today’s WSJ. This special insert on the Apollo mission is well worth it.
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roboman
7y ago
Best quote in the excellent article: “You can’t get a degree in how to fly to the moon,” says Dana Densmore, who joined the lab in 1965 and became a control supervi-sor for the lunar-lander software. “You had to get people who kno